Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-02-09
MANY SORTS OF PIPES.
Tho Common Clay and Corn Cobs
the Most Popular.
The KIND which sIr walter Raleigh
sEnoL~I 80 b. seen IN Chicago CIGAR
st"r~--Meer.ehaam Bowis ObiaIn-
aide ~ Very Reasonable Prices.
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In the win iow Of n Madison stree, store
are q number % pip-s VI Italian manufac-
ture, with re.l-s'one bowls anl hickory
stems decorated with many -colorol beads
anil I'll bons. A few doors away, In tho
window OF a prominent tobacconist, IL
Ineeruchaun ma nihcently carved with
fanrifnl image OF an ideal modern Diana
MI her hunting Dig. Tho work Il owl
IDENTITY ihat of n msster- hand. and IL much
Ia.re elaborate than that a the rel men.
II IL dcui ul, however. " the mserschaum
represents more labor than tho former, for
with primitive tools N must have BEEN
tedious task 20 fashion the hnrd-stone
I owl snd bore q hole through the three
feet Of hard hickory Of which the stem Is
made.
"Theso two styles" said q tobacco deal
", represent the most ancient and the
most modern Of plpos. When Sir Walter
RaloigL's servant made the startling dis
eovory that his moster was on fire the nd-
vrnturous knight probably held In his
hand ono Of these stone pipes, perhaps OF
different design hut doubtless OF tho same
renernl construction. Since that time the
white man has taken holI OF the pipe in
Puary. and now the sight Of n stone pipe
In actu use would, indeed, he a novel
oue. Pipes" no continued. "are every
wear becoming more important factor in
cur business nnd are very popu' mr. modi-
nm for tho use 81 the weed. This Is prob
ably attributable In largo moa'u'e TO the
h.nu.nce Of the foreigners who come ovor,
II. g. art arafer n nina
md tobncco TO the n ieSt cigar. Cigar
smoking IL an American hnbit, and is
fraduaIly helm. displaced bv the cheaper
aud more sat s.actory, though loss con-
vrnient, Tipo.
"what ore tho most popular pipes'
Well. I suppose that tho common clay
Iipe 10 the one most generally used Ivy the
wo. king classes, On thay are und' ubtod-
" NJ good NJ any, except for the I'M
pleasant har lncs' of tho stem. Then the
G. rn-coh, OF Kentucky meerschaum,' Is n
great favorite, anil mike q sweet, fresh
Fm.ke. would rather smoke a corn-cob
than the finest meerschauu, for IL IL less
trouble, anil when u becomes so sa'urated
with nicotine as IN becoms strong you
have no conjunction about throwing u
away. They win lest az long rs any pipe,
however. know one man who thought
20 much ~ his eorn-cob pipe that he
Iroueht II in here % have tho aperture
where the stem f's closed with n metal
pinl. 80 that II woul not wear ou'. He
had smoked that corn-cJb pipe for i've
years"
This en- led the Interview with that
dealer, and the Nspot man started out in
search Of n meers ,haum- carver. There
are number OF thsse artists Ia the city,
and there seems TO no a great demand for
their wares, manv customers seeking
them In cr.ler 10 10 certain OF getting a
pipo Of block meerschaum instead OF ono
pressed from the chips and Cu'tin~s.
II IL n difficult matter for the non pro.
fessional 10 distinguish between the tw o,
aud no will likely work assiduously for
months 10 color his pipe, anil wonler why
he does not succeed, until some more
scientific friend tells him that he has been
taken In. on the heretofore cherished and
carefully preserved affair Is consigned 10
tho nsh-Loap.
An elderly man With steel spectacie'
and . German accent sat at a bench on
the top floor Of q downtown building
and carefully pol ishOd up n ig meer-
Tohaum pipe. "weli, young man, what
viii you knowi Yes, there arc several
Others In the business here Ia town, Lut
there IL plenty 81 ro' m and We are all
comfortable make pipes costing all the
way from three dollars up TO any thing
you wish 10 paw, according TO the amount
of demonstration nnd the size Of the
liock OF raw material required. There
FRO many mecrschAum pipes smoked In
II -.
In preference to cigars. S,me people like
n briar or q weIxel pipe. or what you
would call cherry wood, but IL Is not like
your cherry trees here, think.
"a meorschUun pipe Is something th at
g man can always look ut with pleasure,
though. My pipe, which have ut home,
have had for many years-yeS, for thir-
ty.fve yoars-and when sit down 10
Fmoke II Il seems 70 tell me n story. l see
that scratch and Think: Then was In
the school at Vienna and I did rub II
against the buckle Of my belt which !
wore. anil 40 with this chip, and even |
think Of the mouth piece, which was the
last work did ut my bench at Bremen
eleven years ago now, Lefore / came 10
fhis country. 80 think IL Is with many
people who have had the sams pipe for a
long time, Tor they Will have q new stem
and new mou,h-piece and n silver Land
around the bowl whore Il IL cracked, Lot
but they do not like new pipe, although
we'll able 10 buy one, for an old pipe Is
like on oil friend, and the old scratched
rnd blackened bowl Is much more COM
pnny than would be the bright and clean
surface Il n new meerchaum."
Amon- the treasured relics OF promIn.
~nt West side family Is a little black clay
pipe, with a stem about two inches in
length. The pipO was brought TO thi,
country In lSl5 by the father OF the family
md was taken hy him across the plain,
20 California during the gold excitement
al 40. There the owner OF the pipe STRUCK
IL rich and returned to Chicago almost q
milliona ire. but he still chung TO hia clay
pine, which was so Hack and strong from
long and constant uso that no one coult
stay in tho vicinity while Il was in use
But the ow ner liked Il and said he would
not take one thousand dollars f,r IL. 4
finally killed him and he dIod q few
months ego ntthe age Of eightv-six years
leaving bis Pipe as IN heirloom 10 hi
family.
The IIoneat Old Woman OF bangor.
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